Ash and coal guard for franklin stoves



(No Model.)

P BRECHER ASH AND GOAL GUARD FOR FRANKLIN STOVES.

No. 473,057. Patented Apr. 19,1892.

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PHILIP BRECHER, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

ASH AND COAL GUARD FOR FRANKLIN STOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 473,057, dated April19, 1892.

Application filed July 22, 1891. Serial No. $00,375. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP BRECHER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louis- Kentucky, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Ash and Coal Guards for Franklin Stoves; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the let.- ters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements inopen stoves; and it consists inthe novel construction of coal and ash guards and hearthplates, ashereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of aFranklin stove with the fender, foot-rail, and base-plate removed, fullyopened and exposing the grate and showing the coal-guard in position andthe hearthplate with the ash-guard resting on it. Fig. 2 is a frontelevation of the stove, showing the grate covered by the ash-guard usedas a damper or draft-plate. Fig. 3 is a detail of Fig. 4 is a bottomview of the coal-guard, looking from the front. Fig. 5 is a detail ofthe ash-guard damper, showing the upper side. Fig. 6 is a detail of thesame, showing the reverse side; and Fig. 7 is a section of the ash-guardthrough the lines 00 00.

In the drawings, A represents the coalguard. Thefront of the gratestands out some distance from the front of the stove, and the exposedsides of the grate are permanently closed by side pieces reaching fromthe baseplate to the top of the grate and extending obliquely forwardfrom the side walls.

The coal-guard A is formed, as shown in the drawings, with a straightfront and having at each end a short wing of the same cross-section asthe front extending backward at a slightly-oblique angle correspondingto the outlines of the front and sides of the grate. This coal-guard Ais firmly'fastened by bolts to the cross-bar at the top of the grate andthe top of the pieces closing the sides. It projects outward about oneand one-half inches beyond the front and sides of the grate, and itsupper surface is flared steeply upward and outward. WVhen the grate isheaped high with coal, this guard prevents any of it from spilling overonto the hearth or fender.

C is a hearth-plate having a register in front and with sides and frontwall of sufficient depth to let it cover the ash-pan. plate is shaped asshown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, having a flat top with; recesses andprojections in the rear, adapting it to fit snugly against thestove-front below the grate and cover the forward part of the ash-pan.Near the back wall of the hearth-plate and on each side are slots 0, andbetween each slot and the nearest side of the hearth-plate are raised onits top-sloping check-nibs o B is an ash-guard adapted to lie on top ofthe hearth-plate and to serve as a damper or draft-plate. It is providedon its back line with projections b, slightly curving down- -ward inbook shape, adapted to work in the slots 0' in the hearth-plate, withflanges b at each end, sloping upward from front to rear and formingside pieces, with cars 19 projecting from each end near the front toserve as handles, and with legs b on its bottom near the front. When theash-guard B lies on the hearth-plate O and the hooks b are engaged inthe slots 0', the legs 6 resting on the hearthplate, incline the surfaceor the ash-guard steeply toward the grate, so that any ashes or coalsthat may fall onto it will roll into the ash-pan, the side flanges bpreventing it from escaping at the sides. If it is desired to use theash-guard as a damper to close the grate, it is raised by the ears 1)till its outer edge leans against the grate snugly under the coalguardA. The slots 0 and the side flanges b are so shaped that when raised thedamper will be inclined at a sufficient angle against the grate to reststeadily in position, the side flanges 12' closing the apertures at thesides and the check-nibs c preventing any movement sidewise. If there bea vertically-moving blower to the stove, the closing of the stove can becompleted by lowering it down upon the coal-guard A, which is adapted toreceive it.

The construction herein described might be This hearthand ears bsubstantially as described, and for' 10 the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature i presence of two witnesses.

PHILIP BRECHER.

Witnesses:

CHAS. -D. SHANK, B. FRESE.

